UPDATE TO RESPONSE: Dr. Ahmadi told his receptionist to charge me $200 for a medical consult…read moredespite being an existing patient. Yet, in your response you say, "We are dedicated to meeting every patient's expectations. Our door is always open to our patients, especially those who may have concerns regarding their results. We are happy to find solutions to any potential problems." A $200 open door policy to see you as an existing patient? How is that an "open door" policy? You are brushing me off with regards to my concern of my abdominoplasty; never once offered to do a touch up on my right side love handle well after your stated time frame of "6 months to a year"; and are insinuating that "consistent coughing, heavy lifting, trauma, weight gain etc." is the result of my abdominoplasty yet you haven't seen me to even know. (And, no, I wasn't "coughing consistently, doing heavy lifting (still don't), no trauma, and 7lbs of weight gain is not enough to cause my abdominoplasty to come undone.) People, know that this can be your experience with this doctor if you have complications from your procedure.
I had an abdominoplasty and lipo by Dr. Ahmadi in December of 2016. He did not offer me a whole lot of information but his Office Manager, Neda, was the one who sold me on booking with him. She was so friendly, engaging, and highly informative. **My husband and I followed the healing instructions exactly as instructed.**
Three months Post-Op, I noticed unevenness on one side of my love handle and upper arm from the liposuction, and the pubic fat pad was not liposuctioned as stated in my consent forms. Dr. Ahmadi said that "it was still swollen" and to "give it time". The front desk girl asked me to write a review but it was too soon. Six months at my follow-up, the front staff was asking me again to write a review for Dr. Ahmadi, but I was not ready yet especially with all his "wait for the swelling to do down" answers.
So I waited but, three and a half years later, all those areas are still uneven and never thinned out. I brought it up to his attention a year after the surgery (by this time, the swelling should have gone down) and he told me that, "if he can't correct it, no one can". Dr. Ahmadi could have done a touch up to correct the issues but he chose to blow me off. Again, his staff asked me to write a review.
I started exercising after given the okay to do so, but had some sharp pains in my abdomen when doing yoga stretching. I asked the doctor about it and was told that it is the skin stretching and to "go slow". Three and a half years later the pain still exists. I went to another doctor for a consultation about a different procedure and he noticed my abdomen sticking out and asked me if my abdominoplasty came undone. I told him about my sharp pain when I stretch my abdomen or lay on my stomach. He said the stitches came undone on my upper abdomen which is the reason for the pain - it is the muscle and not the skin.
I called Dr. Ahmadi's office and was told "since it has been over a year and is a medical surgery" I would have to pay a $200 consultation fee. No doctor charges existing patients this fee unless they are trying to blow the patient off. I had my co-worker call the office and ask for a consultation for the same procedure while I listened. The receptionist said her consultation with be $50 for a new patient in-office. I then called the office back and asked why her consultation was $50 while mine, an existing patient, was $200. She said it is the charge for a facetime consultation while mine was in-office. That was not what she said to me the first time, but I knew she was just saying what Dr. Ahmadi told her to tell me to blow me off.
Another friend of mine also booked with this doctor not long after my surgery and has since had complications from her abdominoplasty but I will let her write her own review. She also needs a revision abdominoplasty just as I do.
I work in this industry and see the ins and outs. I suggest waiting longer than 6 months to write your review to ensure you are healing properly. Surgeons can do touch ups to correct areas they might have missed if they genuinely care about their customers. I was angry at first but what can I do now? The damage has been done but I hope to at least inform others to be careful when choosing their surgeon. I posted this on Google but, interestingly, it is not showing up unless it's a 5 star review.
